Just amazing. Fox's O'Reilly Factor just covered the Mark Foley (R-FL) issue in two different segments, one of them with a page who says he received communications from Foley, and another with Ann Coulter.

Never mind the content of either segment for now. Incredibly, during a total of three different cutaways to video footage of Foley, he was labelled at the bottom of the screen eachtime as "(D-FL)" !

Three different times. In two different segements. Each cutaway about 15 seconds or more. Showing Foley as a DEMOCRAT. Amazing.

Just an accident? We report, you decide.

UPDATE: Here's quick video clips two of the three times that Foley became made an honorary Fox "Dem"...

UPDATE 11:30pm PT: Though we didn't see the first evening rerun, several folks have reported that Fox "News" scrubbed the "error" by running the video during the late-night rerun of O'Reilly with no text on the bottom of the screen during those sequences. Also, please note we originally had the date of 6/3/06 on the screenshot above, instead of the correct 10/3/06. Once we noticed, we had so many folks linking up to this item, we couldn't get back in to the site at all to make the correction until now!

UPDATE 10/4/06 2:04am PT: Confirmed! We just watched the second late-night rerun of O'Reilly, and indeed, the evidence goes down the memory hole as Fox removed the mis-labelled chiron entirely from their later broadcasts without explanation! BTW, we watched both full segments this time, including the one with Florida's own alleged Queen of Voter Fraud, Ann Coulter who swears up and down that Hastert just couldn't have known anything about Foley's problem, he just couldn't have!

Screenshot from the rebroadcast, where the "(D-FL)" has been excised from all three video cutaways, is below...

[A]ssuming it was an honest mistake...how come when the show was re-aired, the lower third was removed entirely--rather than replaced by one with the correct information? If it was important to identify Foley by party when he was thought to be a Democrat, why isn't it just as important to correctly identify him as a Republican? We suppose that's why Dick Cheney insists on always having his hotel room TV sets tuned to Fox News.

UPDATE 10/4/06 7:15pm PT: Looks like Olbermann covered the story tonight, natch. (No credit to yours truly, however...go figure...sigh) ... Also, John Stewart this this on The Daily Show as well. Both videos now linked here...

UPDATE 2/8/08: Fox now shows presumptive Republican Presidential candidate John McCain also as a Democrat! Screenshot...

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That's no accident. They are as shameless as sociopaths can get. I doubt they'll correct their use of these unAmerican, unethical tactics. They play down to their viewers as ignorant trash, expecting them to lap it up. It would be a miracle if they admitted their "mistake."

looks like hannity is taking a different approach...not mentioning it at all. school shooting, n.korea nukes, then some 20 year old girl reporting/swift boating murtha and according to colmes is a story about a bear on a bender.

what could they be leaving out? i swear there was some other news today.

That's no accident. Just blame it on the other guys right? But in this case... claim your guy IS one of the other guys. Amazing. Faux News "we distort you get lies"
BTW O'liely is a cowering liar....FACT.
Gee do you think the "fair and ballanced" news channel will issue a correction? (Don't hold your breath)

I saw it, another bit of text rotated in, then it came up again and set for 30 seconds or so. Note, this was not a ticker, but a text graphic while talking about Foley. Yes, they're claiming that's a paraphrased quote from Reid, who of course said this about Republicans, not Democrats."

Thank you bradblog.com. While I don't have the resources or time to do REAL reporting like you do, you are one of the top 3 sites I visit every day. Being a Floridian, I face an uphill battle everyday and I do what I can with the very limited resources I have to pile on whenever I can (florida.blueblogsradio.com). This is no mistake by FauxNews. Their position is indefensible(!) therefore they will do whatever they can, no matter how despicable or reprehensible, to further their Authoritarian Cause. Thank you for being a true American hero.

"I am a Republican. Nothing the Republicans can do will make me vote otherwise. Even if they had a holocaust against moms."

'Joe Republican', my god. Now I know it's true. I had heard there were Americans as dumb as rocks (no, mud) and so enthralled with their political party, ANYTHING could happen and they'd still be little sheep and vote for them, but I really didn't think anyone could truly be so stupid, so naive, so UN-independant. They could brutalize and kill mothers, and you'd still vote for them?!?

You're less an American Joe, and more a machine, it seems. A voting machine.

I couldn't believe the graphic at the bottom of the screen. I guess that is what they call fair and balanced on FOX and they know their faithful viewers are so stupid they will believe he is a Democrat. O'Leilly also had mAnn Coulter on and she hopes that Mark recovers...afterall he did what Democrats won't do, according to her, and entered recovery for his pedophilia. That thirty percent base that stands behind Dubya is looking dumber by the day.

FOX again serves up more pabulum for the christo-fascist, lunatic fringe, zombie-brigade. Even the frc is spinning their response.
Had enough of the lies, deception, propaganda, and our crumbling freedoms in America? Vote for Change in November. Thank you Brad Blog for sharing the truth once again.

Boy this site has been having problems, maybe a denial of service attack? It seems that a recent article on Feeney disappeared. The one where they were discussing whether Feeney agreed to a debate or not. Someone was complaining of their proof they posted that he said he would debate clint was missing from the blog, now that whole article went off somewhere... Hmmm.

I am a Canadian viewer, and I read about this at another site, and I get Fox News through our satellite subscription. I just watched O'Reilly for the second time tonight via time shifting from east coast to west coast, and that banner was not visible on our Canadian version of O'Reilly. The first ime I watched it at 8:00 I didn't notice it, and then upon reading what they did with it, I rewatched it at 11:00Pm and again I never noticed anything. On my screen I got the whole picture as above but with no banner whatsoever. I just thought I would mention it but no banner labelling him a Democrat on my canadian version, in fact no banner at all, just full picture right down to the ticker at the bottom.

I'm still having trouble with stuff loading s l o w today from this site.

I find it interesting that Canada may have had no banner at all. Can anyone confirm that. I'm going to tape it at 1:00am and see if they still have it up. Surely they fixed it after it's initial airing. They can only get away with so much. The real test is whether they mention the mistake on air and correct it, or just let it do it's subliminal job

Actually Al-Jazeera is a great news organization, far and away more 'fair and balanced' than Fox; you should give it a try. I read the website several times a week. Their reporters have to be pretty brave to work there, that's for sure.

Speaking of problems with this site, for some reason, I couldn't log on to BradBlog at all from about 8 PM til after 9:30 PM today. Had no trouble logging on to other sites. Couldn't even go to the link to this article on Raw Story. Anyone else have this problem? Don't know if it was my server, the site or something else.

I know there was another article pertaining to foley where floridiot started out questioning whether there was some weird thing with Republicans and diddling little boys. I made a comment about how the anti-gay repubs are creepy, and also mentioned visits to the white house by Gannon/Guckert. I asked who he might have been visiting there. The next reply from someone else mentioned just "R*ve"
Where did that whole article and comments go?

{ED NOTE: Thanks, Chris! Not sure what happened, but that article on Foley and Feeney got set to "private" for some reason. I've now restored it and it's right here for those who are interested. - BF}

OH MY GOD! I was at a family gathering last weekend and my family is split half reps, half dems. I started to talk about the loss of habeaus corpus rights and suddenly my family said we will not talk about politics at a birthday party! I was apalled. I looked at these people who are educated, smart people! I was at a loss of words. Last thursday when congress passed the bill to take away Habeaus Corpus rights I cried!! I told them that our constitution was at risk. I was so angry. The only words that I could think were "you are all stupid"! This is not a word that I would ever use or direct at another person, especially a family member but I was so mad that they are not informed by the daily media to see what this government is doing! I explaned0 what the government was up to ! My uncle told me to calm down and that the Supreme court would intercede. I think I need therapy.I can't believe this is my family, I can't believe this is my country!

A couple things I am thinking. Everyone here agrees that Fox is deliberately trying to confuse and influence viewers with this graphic. It is remarkable for its boldness. Other conservative media (Limbaugh) are asking "what kind of kid keeps IM messages from 2003?", suggesting further that this is a Democratic set-up saved for an election bomb. Rush is also attacking Brian Ross directly and says Ross admitted he "knew" of the story in August but did nothing himself, so why the righteous indignation about Hastert moving slow? (Evidently Ross said something along the lines of having no staff to move on the rumors he had heard in August. He said on Larry King the IM stuff did not arrive until this past Friday and he released it on the same day.) By the directness and stridency of the attack, it appears Rush is working overtime for joy-boy Rove. The level of desperation is increasing, so my fear of this blowing over too quickly to make an impression on a broad swath of voters is beginning to fade. It looks like it is going to stick. But here is my next qualm: Rove is not above faking scandal to counter a scandal (remember the alleged bugging of his campaign office during the Texas governor's race). The stakes are higher and the sweat is beginning to show. I believe that is the next move and the target has to be spectacular if he expects to win the Religious Right back by election day. The Bush Administration has the power right now to frame people as traitors for real, not just politically. They have the power to eavesdrop without showing cause to a court. They can do all the things the Soviet Union could do in the bad old days, and they know it. How large a step is it for the this crowd to take when they have come so far already? Are you guys thinking much about that?

I still do not see the Dems organizing their message, but I do see them as having a little more time. I hope they use it wisely.

Hmm, where did all the clint curtis/feeney links to articles go? They were on the top and right of the homepage. Methinks there is a hacker.

{ED NOTE: Those articles/links are still there as far as I can tell, Chris. In the red box on the right side of the page. For the record, the Summary of the Clint Curtis story is always at: http://www.BradBlog.com/ClintCurtisSummary.htm and the index of key articles is at http://www.BradBlog.com/ClintCurtis.htm. We did get slammed here, however, after posting this item as folks linked up from everywhere. The site was tough, if not impossible to get to for a while, so any sorta funky thing could have occurred during that period while the page was having a tough time loading. - BF}

To lie about the facts in a criminal case, say to tell the public that a burglar at large was black when he was really white, would be to put the public at risk. A reporter might be tempted to do this for political or racist reasons. Someone on Fox News lied and told the viewers that Foley was a Democrat for political reasons. Right now, he is a criminal at large.

Fox News cares more about politics than the public's right to know and protect the safety of its own children. The governmental bodies which regulate cable should look at Fox's actions.

I just wanted to say excelent job here! How did you capture the video at the right time? Did you expect a boo-boo from Faux News? Is Fox News Corp (Myspace owned) as bad as Faux News? BTW, I clicked on one of ur sponsors cuz you deserve it. thanks a lot for being an unbiased american and looking at the FACTS. This country needs more people like you on both sides of the party lines.

Chris --- Brad was finally able to get back into the site --- it has been getting slammed with massive traffic --- to restore the post on Feeney and Foley (read it here) AND to fix the typo on the date of today's screen shot. He replied on your posts, above.

If FOX has any honor or integrity, they will explain this title screen error. And I can tell you right now that is EXACTLY what it is. Someone typed the crap in wrong. Did they do it on purpose? I don't know.

Let us play Devil's advocate.
THEY MAY NOT KNOW THEY DID IT!!!

If brought to their attention, they should post a correction on their website. IF they do not post a correction that is EASY TO FIND then it was on pupose.

Just saying from a producer point of view, hell I have mis-spelled rock band names before. (Like One time)

But when someone told me. I corrected it and posted on my website. You can't un-do what you've already aired.

You already know it's a corporate owned propaganda channel. So publicise it. Get in their cameraman's faces with portable Freeway Blog style gorilla propaganda (especially if they are LIVE) they CAN NOT EDIT IT IF IT IS LIVE!!!

Were you born in 1940 Phil? Maybe December? Just wondering. I would be very surprised. If you were born in 1940 in December than you might know why I am probably asking... Not trying to pry or anything...

Unbelievable. Fox, aka BushTV strikes again, and hits an even lower low than usual. The Fox "News" Channel should be held accountable for the state of our country, which is worse than I have ever seen it. The tragic part is that the majority of Americans see this Republican propaganda machine as the only "real" news channel and will feed right into the propaganda machine and swallow it without question; I won't watch it, I think they have subliminal messages in there.....:P

Don't go there with me.
Your attacking the MESSENGER.
I don't like fox.
I just told you it's propaganda.
I just told you several ways, of how to combat it.

(Have you written FOX yet?)

I have a MUSIC TV SHOW on public access. (Non Corporate Owned)
I deal with my websites, email, servers, bands, record companies, video editing, and video production, music production...all one man, me. I am not a journalist, with a TON of resources. I don't have live camera's broadcasting across public airwaves, I don't have a boatload of paid editors working under me. I don't have a BOSS!!! I don't have a webmaster. I don't have a sysad. I don't have a corporate distributed security plan. I don't have lighting, or a studio, or millions of dollars of equipment, and personel. I don't have a talk host personality working for me. I do the whole damn thing myself. When a computer goes down, I don't have a technician fix it, I FIX IT.

But I can tell you I know that someone TYPED that D instead of an R. (Who ever runs the TITLE screens) What was their motive? My opinion, to spin it. Maybe they hate Democrats so much they un-consciously typed a D.

In either event, they owe a correction. NOT ME.
Considering they run news every night, they have plenty of air time to correct it. NOT ME.

Me personally I have a ONE HOUR A MONTH show.
If I make a mistake, I correct it on my website.

BUT I MAKE THE GOD DAMN CORRECTION.

So don't come off on me eluding that I was born in Nazi Germany and I am some player for the Republicans propaganda! You would be better off taking my advice, and go to the DOLLAR STORE, and buy some posterboard, and sharpie pens and get out there and start stalking the media's known locations. (I have though about this a lot and it would be QUITE EFFECTIVE if executed continously every day, day after day. When they want to interview you, CHANGE THE TOPIC. Don't give em any fluff, make them record what YOU WANT, not what they can spin or FILL the time with more FLUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY. (USAF 1981-1985)
I have not broken my OATH!

Your leaders have.
In my opinion we have an illegitamate government.

I am just telling you my viewpoint.
What you do with the information is up to you.
I gave my HONEST opinion.
Sorry you read it the wrong way.

If you know better about video production then give a better explanation of how this could have happened.

Please do not feel that you have to represent all of us who know what this government is doing. You are a true American. Chris Hooten! I have cried many nights this past year and I will continue to cry for the abuse that our government is doing in the name of Democracy. I have not been political until this past two years. I am horrified at the direction this government is going. I.E. Loss of Habeus Corpus! I cry, I cry, and I hope the world hears my cries!

Without a doubt, it was on purpose
Say what you will, but this is subliminal (rhymes with criminal) propaganda at its lowest
They ran it first during dinner hour, which is their most watched time, so no one could call them on it
I'll even bet they've figured out that 60% of their viewers would see that and not question it any further

Those lying motherf******s!!!!!!! They must really be afraid of this issue, well good, they can shove it up their Holier than thou ass. After all the grief they created over gay marriage, and consenting adult sex with Monica, and you name it, they have the nerve to try and cover this crap up. No F***ing way, this s***s goanna blow up in their faces, big time. This is a turning point issue. The bible thumpers are now faced with their ultimate irony. They will either vote against these child molester protectors, or not vote out of ultimate shame.

#24 How sad that you would vote republican no matter what, including a terrible calimity. Take a moment and become a truth seeker. The bottom line is truth and honesty rule. This republican administration has done only harm to our country. We all must cry at the administrations lack of protecting our children and our country! It is simply apalling that you would continue to support a government that is so corrupt. Abuse is abuse and this government covered it up!

It is quite obvious O'Reilly is STAUNCHLY COMMITTED to doing the Bush administration's bidding in a bias and spinful way. His motto: "This is a no spin zone," is a joke; pure and simple. The only difference is, he is not standing side-by-side with Tony Snow as a Bush staffer. That is definitely where he should be. O'Reilly's interview last night with Bob Woodard is a testament to that charge and observation. You decide!

You know what? As I read the comments above, you see the trolls making excuses for FOX News, just like Republicans! Foley does a despicable act, he goes into alcohol rehab for cover and his attorney blames the clergy...Rice "can't remember" being told of the impending Al Quada attack...Hastert "can't remember" being told about Foley...CUT THE SHIT OUT, PROPOGANDISTS!!!

This "D-FL" was 100% intentional...believing otherwise, you are a "kook-aid" drinker. No one in their right mind, right now with Foley's name all over the news and on the tip of everyones' tongue (uhhhh...sorry about that analogy!), would make that mistake unintentionally. Expect FOX News to say nothing about this...OR...make up some phony excuse like all Republicans do...(see my comments above, Foley blames clergy, Rice, Hastert, etc...). The best they will do, is to make some type of retraction which will FURTHER muddy the waters and advance their agenda. Don't expect "we want to notify our viewers that Foley is in fact a Republican"...it'll be something like, "the 'D' in 'D-FL' stood for 'Despicable'...we assume you all knew that'......

Agree 100% with Plunger in comment #79. This was no mistake. Graphics that are applied to feeds are prepared beforehand when ever possible. For public personna who make the news regularly, Graphics for application are stored and used as needed.

This was no mistake, and FauxNews is only exposing their own dark slimy underbelly as mouthpiece for the PNAC.

I love the comments that this is 'simply a typo'...um, is FoxNews that unprofessional? They may be despicable, but hardly unprofessional. And don't tell me it was rushed to production either. Thanks for bringing this to the world's attention, I've mirrored the video content on my site SR4001.

Brad,
THANK YOU AGAIN!
When I heard FEENEY, Fla. Rep. My MIND said Election Fraud ! Could this be perhaps a cover for the fact, that someone is closer to the truth about the Electronic Voting Machines being hacked into, and now they are trying to divert the attention? If you notice how many scandals this administration has, they have another to cover the last scandal,and to divert the attention of the American people.
Seems like they have been holding this information to use , and get Feeney out of office before anyone else
figures it out.
Might be thinking out of the BOX, but GUYS, that is just what the the Republicans want you to think.
And it is just what they do, throw everything and anything and hope something sticks.
So anyone else think this just came UP?
Not I.
Thanks for this forum to express my thoughts, Brad.
Kay

Well, Kay, as I've said before, we progressives can walk and chew gum at the same time. We don't take our eye off the ball when a story like this comes up. WE can follow MULTIPLE stories, believe it or not...

You guys are a bunch of babies. Like this is the first time in history a typo has ever occured on tv. Ive seen many mislabeled names before. I guess you can fill in whatever fantasies you want though this is the internet. You dont have to have any logic.

Chief: While you're at it, dig up all you can about sting rays. Are they Republicans or Democrats? Are they against the troops? Do they hate America? Are they for or against flag burning and gay marriage? Stuff like that...NOW GO!!!!!!!!!!! HOP TO IT!!!!

You guys are a bunch of babies. Like this is the first time in history a typo has ever occured on tv. Ive seen many mislabeled names before. I guess you can fill in whatever fantasies you want though this is the internet. You dont have to have any logic.

Finally, I got on! This place was so busy last night I had a heck of a time pulling up it up. Well anyway, here is what I wanted to post last night.

Those scum bags (Fox.) You know some of their listeners will believe he’s a Democrat because Fox don’t have very intelligent people watching it. I feel sorry for the person who had to watch it to find this out, and I thank whoever it was. I was wondering couldn’t the Democrats sue Fox for false advertisement, or defamation of a party? If anything, there should be a fine, at least. I don’t believe they made a mistake, not with these people, they knew what they were doing. They also know their watchers are stupid, and easy to fool. I say we all write the FCC and complain about this false and misleading Television station.

Get a grip people! There are lots of issues to legitimately bash Fox News on- a typo isn't one of them. When people see hysterical overreactions like we have here, they discount the real issues with the hyped ones.

Intentional? Possible but really unlikely, and they fixed the mistake.
Big deal? Not at all- everyone knows Foley was a Republican.

After god created the earth-there was some horrible putrid "stuff" left over. This "stuff" evolved into the Fox News Network . This "stuff" will stop at nothing to decieve & trick you. This "stuff" mostly effects stupid people. Protect yourself by boycotting Fox News .

Thomas: Yes, the Republicans and their propoganda network FOX News seem to be making A LOT OF MISTAKES lately. A type-o calling Foley a DEMOCRAT isn't a big deal? You on Oxycotin, or somethin'???????????

I hate it also when my family, who hates Bush, censors me at get-togthers and I end up walking out rather then playing a stupid game of dominoes.

Of course, it's because they don't want to acknowledge the truth about how bad things have gotten due to the fact they did noting when they could! That's a hard pill to swallow!

I never get depressed and have never taken an antidepressant, but the day after the senate passed that abominal torture bill, I actually layed in bed all day trying to sleep rather then think about what had happened. I have never done that before. I guess I know what depression is now!

Don't get too excited Republicans and Democrats who did this. I am 100% awake now. Madder then EVER, and I'm going to fight you harder then ever!

I'm with the BRILLIANT humorist from "The Prarie Home Companion" on NPR, Garrison Keillor. Be sure to read this article of his which for some reason only gets one hit on google in The Salt Lake Tribune. Read it now, because the article will disappear in the next few days. A digital mirage!

Excerpt:None of the men and women who voted for this bill has any right to speak in public about the rule of law anymore, or to take a high moral view of the Third Reich, or to wax poetic about the American Idea. Mark their names. Any institution of higher learning that grants honorary degrees to these people forfeits its honor.

The problem is they labeled a predator of children, a Democrat, when they know it is a Republican. There is the problem. We aren't talking apples’ and oranges’ here. We are talking about one of the worst crimes that can be committed on a child, and there is way too much of it going around. This is a CHILD for Christ sakes. When you’re reporting on a person who committed a crime against a child you better make sure you have all you’re I’s and T’s crossed. This is terrible what fox did to the Democrats.

Its a very long article so read it when you have an uninterupted 30-60 minutes.

Not that I don't think the Foley crap is really going to do alot of damage (I'd love to see that pig Hastert driven out) but people can't let The Iran issue fly under the radar. These bastards are planning World War III and they're not going it alone this time! Please read the link!

http://www.washingtonpos.../AR2006100301001_pf.html
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --- When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious, saying they rarely saw him drink.

Another longtime friend, though, agreed that Foley had a drinking problem, and a psychiatrist who specializes in addiction noted that it's not unusual for alcoholics to hide their drinking.

Among the skeptics, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., a former colleague, said on Fox News Channel: "I don't buy this at all. I think this is a phony defense. The fact is, I think he's responsible for what he did here and I think it's a gimmick."

Here's my problem with this whole thing: if someone thinks that Foley is a Democrat after this, its because a) they were channel surfing and stopped on Fox News for 5 seconds or b) like to watch the O'Reilly Factor with the sound turned off and avoid the news entirely otherwise. Anyone who was listening to the show, or has seen the news at any point in the last week, knows that Foley is a Repub. This was probably just a typo from some dumb-ass tech. How could this be at all harmful?

Also, McCamy Taylor #43 said

Fox News cares more about politics than the public's right to know and protect the safety of its own children. The governmental bodies which regulate cable should look at Fox's actions.

What are you smoking? Since when does getting someone's political affiliation wrong endanger the safety of children? Don't be a moron.

Brad, as always Thanks for the great work! I watch C-Span daily journal every morning and the R's were out in force spinning that its no big deal about Foley because Clinton and Barney Franks did it too so that makes everything A O.K....... Bunch of lock step CULTISTS.

So FOX "corrected" the error by removing the D-FL and replacing it with...nothing?

That's not a correction!!

Correcting the error would have been replacing the old designation with the correct one, in this case "R-FL."

Plunger # 79 Absolutely right it was deliberately changed.

My son, in the very first weeks of the first quarter of his high school Television Broadcasting class, learned that. His instructor promoted the archived graphics files as a time saver and a way to CUT DOWN on errors. Just imagine all the errors that tiny high school TV station would have, if beginning ninth graders didn't have preformatted files of the names of school personnel, local leaders, place names, famous people etc. ready to air?

Mari,
To your post #38, I would just like to say I can totally sympathize! My mom, who lives in Ark., My oldest brother who is a born-again, and my other brother who is a truck driver have all shut me down when discussing this administration and congress.
They, don't want to discuss it because they can't defend it logically. Mom will say, "They are all bad." Oldest brother will say, "That Bush is a God-Fearing man.", and my other brother will say, "Clinton and Unions made everything difficult for truck drivers." Where have you heard all of the above statements? Fox News! People and Family don't believe you they believe these propaganda machines. If you think it is just your family and mine, read some of the repukes statements on this blog thread. Their denial of Fox News spin/propaganda is like a lab study. The results are that spin/propaganda works and even your family can be divided by these lieing sacks of shit.
People still can't believe that the Germans turned their heads to what was going on in their own country at the hands of their leader. You see propaganda can make even your own family so sick in the head that they will turn away from their own blood relation.
I suggest that we take pitty on our family, and just work together to fight for the truth, and maybe someday they stop taking the prozac and wakeup. I would invite you to know that blood relation is not your only option. I say we are truely family, because we would never turn our backs on those that turn their backs on us. That is how we are related. I hold that as what is morally right and not supporting a president that could careless about the people of this nation and other humans in this world that do not accept his policies.
Please stay strong and remember your family is not just those who you grew up with. It is also those who would never defend a few in government first before they would stand up for your human rights.

There's an answer to corporate MSM lies: watch LINK-TV on DISH 9410 & FSTV on DISH 9415. If you have cable, get rid of it and get DISH...if only for these 2 channels of viewer-supported news (not corporate news). They have Democracy NOW! news, the INN Report, and Liberty News. You won't see "Mark Foley D-FL" on it!!!!!!!!

I would like to say that the continual ignorant comments, such as that referencing the FOX Network as "sociopaths" is completely ridiculous. How about showing some wits about yourself #3. And likening a miscommunication as such to be an allusion to Orwell's 1984? Get a life and spend time with your families rather than ruminating over such tedious aspects of the media. And by the way. in case you were unaware, the naionalized media is often totally bugus anyways. C'mon people, stop whining. Republican bashing is immature and juvenile, I can say that and still be a proud democrat. Grow up.

Having Fox News make such a big booboo on one story is potentially a "mistake", but both AP and Fox making the same "mistake"? I DON'T think that it was really a mistake! I might buy one entity making one error like that by "mistake". But two entities doing it seems a bit farfetched! There's an agenda here folks! We have to be able to read between the lines these days. Most of the media (except the new sources on Link TV and FSTV that is listed here) aren't trustworthy any more.

While you cat people are all up in arms about a TV bullhorn of the Bushit administration, let me REMIND you all that UNFORTUNATELY the war against WE THE PEOPLE for control of our legitimate verifiable ELECTIONS and our DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT is about the REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENABLERS.

Bill Nelson FL Democrat voted in favor of the SUSPECTED TERRORIST bill. As most of you are aware not blinded by the timing of the Foley pedofile smoke screen, this bill allows for SUSPECTS of terrorism to be held indefinetely in jail and tortured as this FASCIST BUSHIT ADMINISTRATION see fit without any accouNTABILITY.

With DEMOCRAT ENABLER LIKE PRO_FASCIST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE Nelson does it really matter who represents Florida in a state which George W. Bush could only win by massive humanistic and electronic vote rigging theft???

All these FASCIST RUSTERS (WARMONGERING - ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTORS) MUST BE PURGED and put into the new prisons that the BUSHIT ADMINISTRATION has built across OUR country without HABIUS CORPUS until their DEATH.

Alberto Gonzalez style torture allowed 24/7 like the confiscated video cameras running outside the PENTAGON dedicated to the U.S. WAR-GAMERS who helped out the "19 arab terrorists" armed with boxcutters on 9/11.

Shhhhhhhhhh..don't talk about WORLD TRADE TOWER BUILDING #7 which mysteriously fell CONTROLLED DEMOLITION STYLE 10 hours later located over a block away from WORLD TRADE TOWER #2 AND #1 ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT HIT BY AN AIRCRAFT..whoops!!!

We got Sadam!!! - had nuthing to do with 9/11 oh well. GEORGE W. BUSH pre-emptive war is still using the American Armed Forces to fight against a TERRORIST NATION (the PEOPLE of IRAQ). Still has oil underneath the bloodstained topsoil so keep America there instead of a peacekeeping force in GENOCIDE LAND (DEFAR, AFRICA) - right Dick Cheney???

Karl Rove bases his campaign TV tactics on the fact that most people leave the TV on but with the sound turned down. The TV is more like visual wall paper; people really don't pay close attention to what is said or how but instead receive impressions from it. This is especially what happens in the homes of Fox's target audience. It may even suggest the involvment of Rove in FOx's programming, though by now his methods have been widely disseminated through-out the rightwing media, which acts under his command.

So what? They mislabeled Pelosi as a Republican last week. Must be the non-speaking illegal union worker they have in the producer's booth. They probably think D means dumbass and R means ridiculous. But I guess if this really matters to you then you have less going on in your life than I do.

"Confirmed! We just watched the second late-night rerun of O'Reilly, and indeed, the evidence goes down the memory hole as Fox removed the mis-labelled chiron entirely from their later broadcasts without explanation!"

Here's why it matters, Jake. Remember they falsely said that guy bombed the olympics in Atlanta, and it ruined his life? The media has to be responsible, and this D-FL Foley was something to be very very correct with. Labelling Pelosi a Republican is one thing, labelling a pedofile/alcoholic a Democrat 30 days before an election is A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING!

"A free press is one where it's OK to state the conclusion you're led to by the evidence.

One reason I'm in hot water is because my colleagues and I at 'Now' didn't play by the conventional rules of Beltway journalism. Those rules divide the world into Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and allow journalists to pretend they have done their job if, instead of reporting the truth behind the news, they merely give each side an opportunity to spin the news."
- "A democracy can die of too many lies"

It's very telling that Fox removed their "mistake" without acknowledging it or replacing the D with an R.

Unlike Patrick, I will not minimize how the media is used to manipulate public perception of reality. There's a whole range of manipulation tactics Republicans use to do this. For more info, see the 2nd comment here:

I take the subtle manipulation of our population very seriously. The corporate-based Fourth Estate has been failing the American people by not keeping our government in check. It's even worse when media outlets like Fox News actually play an active role in the deception.

If you don't think that "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely," all you have to do is look at the Foley-Hastert scandal. There was talk of taking Foley's campaign contributions and giving it to another Republican group; Hastert wrote the letter to the FBI; why isn't an independent counsel called for when the fact is these were not rank and file, these were the Republican Party Leadership?

For those who still want to vote Republican, think, really think, about the alternative. Sure the Democrats are spineless and whimpy. But what you're proposing, not voting for them is playing the victim, and that seems to be the role they’ve assigned for yourselves. When you get over it, and strike back to reclaim the electorate by asking the hard questions and not dumbing down statements like “Bush lied today”, or “Bush made wildly conflicting statements today” or “Bush didn’t answer the question he was asked.” When this begins to happen, when influential people say, Stop the madness, they won’t be victims any more. So if you help Republicans in any way, by not voting or by not persuading your friends and family to vote, by not contributing to the Democrats, you'll be helping to promote a draft, long term war, destruction of this country as we know it, among other things too stupid to mention. So make sure the Democrats win this time around, and don't jawbone about it or prevaricate or think about how inept or stupid they are, just vote for them. Right now the Democrats are the only force that will balance off the Republican's march to a totalitarian state; they may become corrupt but it'll take some time for that to happen.

It seems to me that the good Republicans and Allies and the press and the media and the Liberals and Democrats have been playing the victim, as in "Poor me!", for much too long. First, they let the Republicans mount an attack on them and their positions or do something unjust like holding up intelligence or a report. Then they act surprised at the "bad" Republicans for doing this. Then they protest, calling what the Republicans do "despicable" or "dirty tricks" or "untrue" or, worse yet, as you do, "unfair". All of which only makes all parties, the press and the involved organizations look even more like victims. And so you dig your own fate. I also sense that, when you do this and ring your hands, you are hoping the “bad” Republicans will receive their comeuppance from some mysterious force, and that they will self-destruct of their own accord. The Democrats have been out of power for so long they're afraid to lose any handhold they have, and the press and media have become so used to truckling to the Administration, it is almost a lost battle. It is important to recognize that the Republicans who have lived up to Lord Acton's maxim: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." Hope the Democrats come into power again; if they remain uncorrupted for a short period of time, it will have balance the veniality of the existing Republican Administration.

I FORGOT TO LEAVE A LINK to Garrison Keillors article in my comment # 101 from this thread!

If you don't read this in the next few days, it will disappear forever!

I'm not a google expert, but as far as I can tell, this article has only been printed in four places!

If you type in:

keillor "no need to worry about human rights" you'll see what I mean.

Garrison Keillor is a very famous guy, and this is an VERY TOUGH ARTICLE! from a very intelligent, and truly patriotic guy! If I hadn't bought a newspaper here in Salt Lake City, I never would have seen it, which is strange because The Salt Lake Tribune is owned by one of Bush's buddies and endorsed him over Kerry to the horror of some of it's employees!

I mentionned above that this label D-Florida was never on my Canadian version of Fox's O'Reilly show.
I watched my 8:00pm regular viewing, then the rerun at 12:00pm and then I even saw it was on again at 4:00am and so I taped it. I have the video and a couple of digital camera images I tried to take off my TV screen if anyone wants them but this logo under Foley's picture never appeared on my screen ever. It would be interesting to find out why, because even though I follow politics so closely, I am sure other Canadians wouldn't know this man from Adam. They showed the red name labels under the young male page, and the woman page, but never under the two different images of Foley which they should have, to at least let Canadians know who they were looking at. The second image above is what I saw on all threee shows and reruns. I find it highly suspect that they would show you two mislabelled ones and then cut it, ( and you already know who he is) but never show us non-Americans any label at all identifying him when they definitely should have followed through with the same pattern they did all through the show flashing that red banner with names and who they were.

Re. Faux News:
If you're reading this and you care about the integrity of our communications system, PLEASE FILE A WRITTEN COMPLAINT WITH THE FCC. That they didn't timely correct that error, and that they didn't correct in the re-runs, evidences an intent to deceive the public. Will the corporatist hacks that are the FCC likely do anything about Fox pulling these stunts? Nope. But get the complaints on the record now to support reform efforts a few years from now --- after President Obama appoints some honorable people to the FCC!

Re. the AP:
Having worked once upon a time as a newspaper journalist (not for the AP), I am certain that the AP errors were simply that: errors. Within the profession, AP journalists have a well-deserved excellent reputation for integrity. However, AP makes mistakes, simply because of the huge volume of stories they handle and the speed with which they have to write and edit copy. Wire service writers/copy editors are under a lot of pressure --- which doesn't excuse the mistake, but does give me reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Canadianvisitor...Interesting about Fox News. I get canadian tv, as I live close to your border...get Jon Stewart at 11pm. When Ron Suskind was on talking about his book The 1% doctrine, He was censored. Guess PM Harper is doing it to you guys.

Molly: I get my TV via satellite since we are in the country and can't get cable. We get Jon Stewart on the Comedy Channel at 11:00 but I do know it also comes on at 12:05 on the CTV Canadian channel. I don't recall anything being censored on that show since we watch it every night as well. That is why we can see repeats because we get the 3 main American channels from the east coast and then can get the feed 3 hours later from the west coast on different channels. That is why I found it funny after watching O"Reilly the first time that I never saw the banners at all, yet most of our feed I think comes from the States - we just get our commercials changed at times. Let's not talk about Harper please!!

The Canadian has a huge point: If the label D-FL was NOT on Canadian FOX News (uuuuhhhh, sorry Canada), then it was consciously/knowingly put on American FOX News (not brain surgery, rightwingers)... It follows, that's because what good would it do, misleading Canadians??? They don't vote here. Not that our votes count on DIEBOLD, but you get what I mean...

GET READY FOR A BUNCH OF 51%-49% GOP VICTORIES, COME NOV.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on folks everyone knows Foley is a Republican!!!
I received a copy of this picture last night from someone. I don't know who put this clip up but it is false. Out of curiosity I watched the entire rerun of O'Reilly at 11:00 and every time they showed Foley's picture it had a BIG R- in front of his name.
I think people like you need to get a life. He is splashed all over the paper on a daily basis so what would FOX gain by putting a D- in front of his name???
This type of false journalism is what is fueling bad feelings all over our country.
As a few side notes, I guess the Democratic Party has forgotten how a former esteemed Democrat Congressman did almost the same things 10 or 15 years ago and he continued to serve(whatever happened to him and the persons he messed with). Or that one of our Presidents had sex(oh excuse me, oral sex isn't sex) in the Oval Office and God knows where else on a regular basis with an INTERN. And let's see, she was 21, oh goodness, she was a whole 4 years older than that page. I guess that made her a very mature adult able to handle the President of the United States coming on to her!!!!!!
Come on people, what has happened to politics in this country?????? Foley is a sicko but that doesn't make the whole Republican Party sickos. Just like Clinton doesn't make the Democratic Party a bunch of sickos.
I am tired of the daily tirade that is shown on the major news media against George Bush and anyone connected to him. To tell you the truth, I will be glad when Bush's term is over so I won't have to listen to all the daily diatrabe about him.
FOX is a breath of fresh air for more conservative views (I am a middle of the road conservative and vote for who is the best - such as Bill Nelson instead Katherine Harris here in Florida) after being bombarded for years(with the exception of Walter Cronkite) by all the majors with a more Liberal viewpoint. I guess Conservatives never considered how biased all the media was until FOX came on and you could really see the difference!!!
Have a nice day and let's stick to politics. We need a 2 party system because that is what makes America great. Get it together!!!

The more amazing part to me is the fact that Ann Coulter has a conservitive following, seeing as she chose partisanship over (conservitive) values. She claimed the entire Foley mess was over a gay man asking what a boy wanted for his birthday, thats sounds like spin in the no spin zone.

You do realize that at the 11:00pm showing they changed it. In fact its well documented by many credible sources that it did indeed accur, although to me its holds no importance weather Fox intended it or not (I could care less). Like I said in my last post to me the issue is more Ann being able to spew her lies in O'reilly's face with no contest. Imagine if Mark Foley were actually a democrat and it were Al Franken who was there in Ann's place, do you think O'reilly would let him get away with claiming it was just a gay man asking what the page wanted for his birthday?

Time to start looking at Rush Limbaugh one more time cannonfire had an article up when he was nabbed for Viagra without benefit of prescription. The place that he went, the time of year was only popular to pedophiles as they have a lot of underage prostitutes.Joseph Cannon said it was hot and muggy and NOBODY went there except for under age sex.(forget the name of the place)If you have read about The Franklin Conspiracy..connecting the dots..to be trusted you have to be like them.

apparently you didn't bother to actually READ Brad's article OR WATCH THE VIDEO POSTED IN THE ARTICLE.

THE VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS the FNC banner was LIVE ON SCREEN, WITH AUDIO, STRAIGHT OFF THE FRIGGIN' T.V. NETWORK SIGNAL FROM FNC.

TWICE.

The clip is NOT "FALSE" as you claim.

Read the ARTICLE, examine the EVIDENCE, get the FACTS.

Try doing the most rudimentary level of due diligence before you launch baseless accusations of "false journalism", lying, or doctoring video or graphics. (Facts can be your friend.)

To quote your own words right back to you: "This type of false journalism is what is fueling bad feelings all over our country."

WRONG. It's the perpetuation of falsehoods in the pursuit of political power and personal enrichment that have led us down this path of deep division. It is those who subjugate the TRUTH to the service of their own agendas, who place party loyalty over country --- those who believe legitimate criticism and dissent is incompatible with patriotism, rather than the very foundation of it.

If the FACTS don't square with your preconceived notions, then the fault is not with the Brad Blog.

Molly, the first thing I said (wishful thinking) was I hope that somehow Limbaugh and Hannity somehow are involved in this. I would love to see the free GOP advertizing via their shows, year round, off the air. THOSE 2 guys are ruining America!!! I really mean that...anyone who used mass media to misinform the public, should be tarred and feathered...the tar is boiling!!! And all the channels that carry these creeps are complicit...

I played devil's advocate. (It kind of put me in a bad spot for a few comments there.)

I guess the proper term is "lower thirds editor." I never went to a journalism school. Or a media school. I have seen these devices sold in High End media catalogs. So I knew HOW it could happen.

Back in the 60's and 70's, I grew up three blocks away from FOX 40 on Fruitridge Road, Sacramento California, I remember the days when they would just open the back doors and let us all in to watch Pat Patterson of big time wrestling. I miss Bob Wilkins (I think that was on CH 40), I remember they had one satellite dish, then another, and another and another, and another, I've lost count now, however a LOT has changed since those days.

I should have said it is the likely excuse that FOX would perhaps use. -IMO

I totally agree with most the folks here that it was intentionally done with passion. -IMO

No doubt it was an honest mistake in labeling former Rep. Mark Foley as a Democrat. Considering some of the sex crimes the Democrats are guilty of: Clinton in the White House with an intern, Mel Reynolds with a 16 year old campaign worker and Jerry Studs with a 16 year old girl. Studs was re-elected and was given a standing ovation by the Democrats. Oh, and let's not forget Mel Reynold's prison sentence was commuted by Clinton when he left office. Democrats sure do stick together.

I really do think it was a mistake, no body was fooled and even if they were Fox acheived virtualy nothing except discrediting themselves. So I do think it was a mistake especially considering Fox's ( and O'reilly to a further extents) inability to get there information correct.

yeah, well it ain't no mistake that FOX still has neglected to correct, or even acknowledge, their mistake.

all legitimate news organizations, at the very least, acknowledge errors. even more responsible organziations will correct the item to shwo the correct information where possible, plus show their changes for the record. as AP has now done --- but FOX HAS NOT. there's your answer right there.

so, how do want to explain that one away? please, go ahead.

it could have been an honest mistake to have made in the first place, but it is NOT an "honest" mistake to continue to ignore it, after the mistake has been brought to their attention, which this one most defnitely has.

oh yeah, it's hilarious that you are guys are dragging out "well they did it too!", as if that it some sort of defense, as if that makes it somehow all right. Times have changed, and we have ZERO tolerance for pedophiles, for those who prey on teenagers. rightly so.

dredging up the past does NOT absolve the GOP Leadership of shirking their responsibility in the present.

Indeed it was a mistake....But have you ever seen a more understandable mistake ? OF COURSE anyone upon hearing of a congrssional scandal immediately thinks "Democrat"
Ever heard of Gary Studds ?? Look it up & contrast the reaction of Democrats then ? And he ACTUALLY HAD SEX with an underage page !
Hypocritical salivating desperate Demoncrats are what y'all are & if this was your OCTOBER SURPRISE you failed miserably......again Ha !

It is a shame that fine Americans have to be faced with the kind of people that would allow the Foley scandal to carry on without too much oversight, and now want to excuse that same lack of oversight in protecting the youth charged to them because they feel Democrats are guilty as well of other sex crimes. For people such as #149 and #160, didn't your parents ever teach you that two wrongs don't make yours right and the other ones still wrong. Heaven forbid if a republican gets caught being a child predator because that couldn't possibly be as bad as Clinton engaging in an affair with another consenting adult. In case you don't remember #160, let me remind you he was impeached for lieing about it, not engaging in it. Otherwise many on the impeachment panel trying him would have had to recuse themselves for committing adultery themselves. As for mentionning Studds, his affair was with a boy not a girl, and it must have been the republican charged with misconduct in the House at the same time (1983)with a yound girl you were thinking of. Funny, you didn't mention him. Since neither, I don't think were charged criminally or found guilty by a court of law, then it is hard to call them "a crime". Time to start, #160 taking responsibility for your actions without engaging in trying to deflect attention onto others. Remember it is your party trying to tell the rest of the world how to behave. Unless you want to lead by showing that people are accountable and responsible for their actions, then you will have even fewer listening to your rhetoric than you have now.

As an owner of broadcast stations I can tell you that mistakes do happen and most ethical broadcasters will air a retraction ASAP. It is obvious that what aired on Fox News was done intentionally. If it was just an accident it would not have aired two additional times and would have been corrected at once. What is being broadcasted from any cable channel or broadcast station is being monitored by many staff personel including the director and board ops who can change graphics on the fly if necessary.

One thing that has not been reported and should be reported extensively in the Foley incident is that he has not broken any laws and is not by the definition of the law a pedofile. The law in Washington DC is that the age of conscent is 16. Thus text messaging someone 16 years of age about sexual acts is not illegal nor would be preforming sexual acts with a 16 year old, but it is against ethics if you are Congress person text messaging a 16 year old congressional page about sexual acts. Each state has different laws as to what age is the age on conscent some are 16, others 17, and some 18.

I am not saying that what Foley did was right nor am I condoning what he did. What I am saying is that he did not break any laws.

As others have mentioned I also find it interesting that he entered rehab for alcoholism. And believe it was to try to cover-up and an easy way to go into hiding for awhile.

get a fucking life and for the girl kristin who showed me this....god your a sad sad misguided girl who should stop listning to what her daddy and mommy shoved down her throat and think for your self. and everyone who really cares about this crap GET A FUCKING LIFE!

You wrote:"Also, please note we originally had the date of 6/3/06 on the screenshot above, instead of the correct 10/3/06."

Hmmmm. Could you have been trying to mis-leed readers? Or was this an honest mistake? Be fair and use the same reasoning as you did for Fox News. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. If you have a preconceived notion about someone/something, then you will find evidence or excueses to support it. If you think Fox is wicked then their error fuels your fire. But if you think that Bradblog is good, then the incorrect date was just a simple typo, with no malicious intent.

Yes, it was a very well done documentary. Sort of like a two hour NOW, and that can't be bad. It was voted as the best show of the week and rebroadcast here.

It is also completely relevant to the purpose of this blog, because the same people who are exposed in it are the same people who made sure the voting machines didn't have a decent paper ballot. When I saw that corrupt boss in the Mariana Islands telling the guy posing as a business man not to worry because Tom Delay had told him that as the head of the House of Representatives, he would make sure the bill to prevent child labor never made it to a vote on the floor, I thought about the same statement Delay made IN PUBLIC about Rush Holts bill.

Arrogance to spare! No wonder these guys always get caught eventually!

Shipton, #168, PUH-LEASE. Try READING THE ARTICLE AND THE FOLLOW-UPS --- this ain't about being fair anymore when FOX refuses to correct their mistakes once brought to their attention, or even acknowledge them. That's just basic journalism 101. (maybe that's because FOX is not "news".) Legitimate news organizations make public corrections when they discover an error. It's funny that you hold Brad BLog more responsible, an independent site without the vast monetary resources or personnel, than you do FOX!

THAT IS THE ISSUE. Not the "typo"-- if that is indeed what it was, since they did it three different times on a pre-taped show --- but their lack of taking responsibility --- just like the GOP.

Thank you for providing copies of the actual live television footage of this latest Orwellian misrepresentation by our Ministry of Truth, Faux News. It will be interesting to see if CNN does a segment on this affair on its Sunday morning show Reliable Sources. When I cordially called the Fox newsroom of our local affliate I was hung up on. Doesn't anyone remember that a Bush cousin news director was the first to announce Florida for Gore in 2000? The irony of this befalling our proto-fascists so fond of turning homophobia into a voter turnout generator is almost incredible. If Foley had been an authentic gay man he wouldn't even be in Congress as a Republican. Television cherry-picks like when the American flag was affixed to the head of the Saddam statue before its assisted toppling. That's liberation for ya.

My apologies. Of course the Fox news director/Bush relative first announced Florida for Bush in 2000 (re COMMENT #171). Frustration and haste can produce errors but I'm pretty confident that Fox's political misidentification was intent nor accident.